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Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.

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89Patents
87Active
89Granted
57Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 25, 2002 → Oct 27, 2015 · 15 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8540735B2 Endoscopic suture cinch system Human Necessities 1,243 Active
US8105342B2 Apparatus for ligating/suturing living tissues and system for resecting/suturing living tissues Human Necessities 88 Expired
US8066689B2 Methods and systems for submucosal implantation of a device for diagnosis and treatment with a therapeutic agent Human Necessities 67 Active
US8016840B2 Endoscopic suturing system Human Necessities 59 Active
US8287556B2 Endoscopic suturing system Human Necessities 58 Active
US8021376B2 Endoscopic suturing system Human Necessities 52 Active
US8882798B2 Endoscopic tools for the removal of balloon-like intragastric devices Human Necessities 43 Active
US8679136B2 Needle capture device Human Necessities 37 Active
US8932247B2 Flow control method and device Human Necessities 35 Active
US9198562B2 Endoscopic needle assembly Human Necessities 29 Active
US8870966B2 Intragastric balloon for treating obesity Human Necessities 28 Active
US7959640B2 Method of performing transgastric ventral hernia repair and tissue anchors and deployment devices therefor Human Necessities 27 Active
US9486126B2 Endoscopic helix tissue grasping device Human Necessities 25 Active
US9089325B2 Methods of applying a suture cinch Human Necessities 24 Active
US9386910B2 Endoscope overtube for insertion through a natural body orifice Physics 24 Active
US8317771B2 Methods and systems for performing submucosal medical procedures Human Necessities 22 Active
US8128592B2 Methods and systems for performing submucosal medical procedures Human Necessities 21 Active
US9028394B2 Self-adjusting mechanical gastric band Human Necessities 17 Active
US8725435B2 Syringe-based leak detection system Human Necessities 17 Active
US8840541B2 Pressure sensing gastric banding system Human Necessities 16 Active
US8337395B2 Anastomosis system Human Necessities 16 Active
US8939888B2 Method and system for determining the pressure of a fluid in a syringe, an access port, a catheter, and a gastric band Human Necessities 16 Active
US8961393B2 Gastric band devices and drive systems Human Necessities 14 Active
US8142448B2 Endoscopic instruments for suturing tissues in a body cavity Human Necessities 14 Expired
US8491472B2 Methods and systems for submucosal implantation of a device for diagnosis and treatment with a therapeutic agent Human Necessities 12 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.